The Columbus journal., 1887-07-27
MEN WHO WANT YACHTS
INSANITY BETRAYED ~ THEIR
WILLINGNESS TO PAN A BIG PRICE.

Curious Evidences Of Alteration Of Mind.
Steam Yacht Alvs-vslusd His Posses
sions 1t 0S65. O0O. 900.
first lieutenant In Mr.. Mannings well known
yacht agency, to . reporter, that il q mans
mania takes the form Of his imagining him.
self a wealthy person he Is pretty sure to
come to US to buy q yacht. You'd b %:
tonished il I were to tell you Of all my sx-
periences since I have been here. and some
times 50 sane have they appeared that I have
not been able to detect the slightest ALBERTA
ton Of mind.
LAST summer Q gentleman called and
for sale. I showed him the list M be -
lected the Resoluts. He said he wanted .
vessel in which he could take his family to
Europe. I told him that the Rssolute bad
been across; that abe had been built for Mr..
Hatch, the banker, In the best manner, and
that sho was just the boat for him; that her
captain DaytOn) was an experienced navf
gator and had been in her On her ocean voy-
a2ea. He seemed much interested, and was
apparently q sane as you or I. The first sus-
RlS1O0 = "a We "AC0 = W SANO - W.
be made no objection, but said at once. I'm
take her, You know we seldom get our asking
price right of. and this sagernsss on his part
surprised me. However, a. I mentally cal
oulated the s per cent. commission and Whist
I should do with 1t, l intimated that . refer
ence or q deposit was customary. and he 70
ferred me to . well known house up town and
I considered tho sale made. On going there
Hho~ ~oho~roA uro In a <Soetoin ~NA~o. -A&Oh r
did not know then, but when I went there !
found It was an insane asylum, from which,
Is I found out afterward, my customer bad
escaped.
WANTED vANDBRBILr's sALvA."
"A few days ago q man came In who aid
his name was George E. Carbrey. Z want
said he, TO buy Mr.. Vanderbilt's steam yacht
Alva.' I told him she wa not for sale, and
he then said, What il the largest steam
yacht you haveF I told him, for up to that
time I had NJ suspicion Of his sanity.
"What Is the priceF' said he.
NINETY thousand dollars, said I.
"'Tu take her, said he, and for reference
he gave me the National Park bank. Il wi
that bank he continued; 4 had q quarrel
with the cashier n day, and I just bought
the bank and have discharged all the men
there and put in new ones ! own all the
banks In New York except tho Columbia,
and I think III buy that
Then hs nid that he should want -four
steam launches, and would give mo . big
commission il I could get them for him. he
said that he was going to South America, and
was going to take q dozen priests end two
nuns, In order to form q convent Of the
Sacred Heart. The commission promised
ms was $40, eco, and he afterward increased
it to $4,000. He wanted . permit to 60 on
board the yacht at once, but I bad tumbled
to his condition and told him We never gave
permits for 30 expensive . vessel, and that
Mr.. Manning or myself would 90 with him
the next day. He said he had . coupe at
the door and would take me at ones. He
said: I own the coupe and l own the man
that drives it, Then he saw the young lady
who b here a. . typewriter, and hs said:
I'll buy you, too. have already got twelve
st~suographers and l want thirteen Hesaid:
Il am worth s355, 0OO, 1000, and l have made it
all aimee tho LIST of January in -four, and the
way l made it is curious l was driving out
on the road and fell in with Mr.. Vanderbilt,
and We had a brush. l beat him, and he was
% pleased at having found . man that could
beat him on the road that be gave me some
points, and I acted on them and have made
all this money since. Before that I was
working for SO a week.
II got rid of him after a while" continued
Mr.. Hughes, land l was glad enough, for the
young lady and myself were alone and there
was no telling what form his mania might
take next I have since heard that he has
been taken to sn insane asylum. l could tell
you lots Of other anecdotes Of this sort, but
it's u fact that as soon as q man gets good and
crazy he is sure to come to us to buy ayacht'
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